The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-21
Moffett's Wild Pitching in the First Two
Innings Gives Boston Victory.
He Settles Down to Effective Work, However,
and the Club Plays Strong Uphill
Game-Other Contests Yesterday.
The League Championship Record.
Bostons Wins In the Start.

The game between the Boston and Indianapo-
lis clubs yesterday was, excepting the result,
very much like the one the previous day. 1t
began with some very wild work by the home
players, but they improved the game pro-
crossed and towards the close came pear enough
winning to make the contest rather interesting.
Mofett did the pitching for the Indianapolis team
and was very effective after the first two innings,
in which six OF the seven runs credited to the
Bostons scored After that the visitors sue
ceeded in making only three hits. of which
was q homo by Hornung. 1t was Moffetts
first appearance against ths Bostons, and he did
pretty well, his record being the same as that OF
Radbourn. who pitched for the visitors. except
that he sent two more men to first base on
called balls. Radbourn did some of his old
time twirlipg and was very effective except in
the fourt inning, when Indianapolis got four
men around the bases a phantom, two
Dagger single, and two bad errors by Hornung
and Conway There enough hard hitting
to keep the felders pretty busy, and Johnston
and McGeachy. In center field. each distin-
guished- themselves by fine work. Johnston
caught eight flies, several Of which were capt
ured after long runs, giving him record OF as
many putouts as Morrill,, the Boston first base
man, is credited with.
The base running on both sides was unusually
daring, especially by the Indianapolis'player
who were successful in every attempt to reach
second and third, but two men were caught at
the home plate in trying to score Wise. of the
Bostons. was twice caught in trying to score,
and Hackett threw Radbourn out at second,
but this was the only successful interference
with the base running.
The visitors made all OF their runs in the first
three innings Kelly add Nash, the first two
men at bat, were sent to first base called
hal wed wit two
which Kelly and Nash scored, after each had ad-
vaneed a base on a passed ball sutton went
cut from Glasscock to Shomberg, and Hornung
got safely to first while Wise being put out
in attempt to score on a ball batted to Glass
cock. Hornung stole second and scored when
Morrill, made hit to center field. McGeachy
allowed the ball TO pass between hrs legs, and
when it was recovered Glasscock made a wild
throw TO Hackett, the two errors enabling Nor
rill TO reach the home plate without stopping on
any of the bases Johnston retired the SIDE by
going out from Gardner to Shomberg.
Radbouru led off in the second inning with
safe hit but was put out By Gardner in trying
10 steal second. Conway made n two-hase hit,
went third a passed ball and scored on q
wild throw by Hackett TO third base Nash was
cent TO first called balls. stole second and
scored the same error. Kelly went out on
foul Hackett aud Wise, after being given
first base because he was hit by pitched ball,
retired the side by allowing himself to De caught
at home-plnte a play between Gardner and
Hackett, while Sutton was running to second,
after having been given n phantom hit.
In the next inning HornuEg caught low ball
the end of his bat and knocked it over the
left field fence, making a home run. After this
only two Boston men reached first base.
The home players failed to score until the
fourth inning. After Brown had been put out
~by Sutton and Morrill, Glasscock made two
base hit, stole third and scored on Shomberg's
out to Hornung. Gardner was sent to first base
on called balls, stole second and scored on
Hornune's muf of Seery's fly. Myers made a
single and stole second, and on Conway's mutt of
n long hy from Hackett, he and Seery both
scored. Moffett retired the side by going out
from Wise to Morrill,.
In the seventh inning after Hackett and Moi
fett had been put out, McGeachy made hit,
and scored on error by Wise and passed
ball. -
tho last inning the indianapolis players
male a desperate effort to tie the score After
Myers had been put out, Hackett made a safe
hit but was forced out at second by Dfoffett's
hit Nash In trying to mako
u double slay Wise threw widely TO Morrill, and
Moffetr went to third. Then McGeachy made a
two-base hit, which Moffett scored, and the
crowd was in a state OF wild excitement and en-
thusiaam when Tom Brown came to the bat.
He was unable to hit the ball hard enough how
over aud the game ended with his being put out
at first base. Following il the score: